The Rohingya Muslim from the Rakhine province in Myanmar was forced to flee his home three years ago when ethnic violence broke out. Now he and his family are stateless, without papers or passports, they have become citizens of nowhere.
Recounting the harrowing journey from Myanmar to India via Bangladesh at the Women in the World Summit in New Delhi on Friday, Nizamuddin said he was desperately worried about the future of his three daughters: “Where is their place in the world? They ask, I have no answer.”
Nizamuddin says his only hope is that the newly-elected leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, will offer support and advocate for their return.
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